Episode on Matthew 5-7 (Sermon on the Mount) with Dr. Jonathan Pennington is Live
Join us as Dr. Jonathan Pennington (Southern Seminary) talks to us about Matthew 5-7 (The Sermon on the Mount). We discuss a number of things including: the structure of the Sermon on the Mount; the beatitudes and if there is a better way to translate the Greek term makarios; Jesus's interpretation of the law; the theme of wholeness; the Lord's prayer; Jesus' attitude to riches; the place of works, and the ethical demands of the Sermon.
Books by Jonathan Pennington
Reading the New Testament as Christian Scripture, with Constantine Campbell. Baker Academic, 2020.
Heaven and Earth in the Gospel of Matthew. Baker Academic, 2009.
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